Deran Sarafian
Encyclopedia
Deran Sarafian is an Armenian
-American
Actor
, film
and television
Director.
Sarafian has directed several episodes of the FOX
series House
and was made a Co-executive producer of the show for the 2007/08 season. He has also directed installments of: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
, CSI: Miami
, CSI: NY
, Cold Case, The District
, Without a Trace
, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nash Bridges
, Fringe
, and The Cape.
Sarafian is the son of film Director, Richard C. Sarafian
and the brother of Tedi Sarafian
, Damon B. Sarafian, and Richard Sarafian, Jr. Sarafian is also the nephew of Director Robert Altman
. Sarafian is married to Actress Laurie Fortier, with whom he has two children.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, film
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and television
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
Director.
Sarafian has directed several episodes of the FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
series House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
and was made a Co-executive producer of the show for the 2007/08 season. He has also directed installments of: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
, CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
, Cold Case, The District
The District
The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department .-Premise:...
, Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
, Fringe
Fringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
, and The Cape.
Sarafian is the son of film Director, Richard C. Sarafian
Richard C. Sarafian
Richard C. Sarafian is an Armenian-American TV and film director. Richard Sarafian has complied a versatile career that has spanned over five decades as a director, actor and writer. He is most popular for his film Vanishing Point . He is the father of: Richard Sarafian Jr., Tedi Sarafian, Damon B...
and the brother of Tedi Sarafian
Tedi Sarafian
Tedi Sarafian is an Armenian-American Screenwriter. He is perhaps most known for collaborating on the story development for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines . He is the on of Richard C. Sarafian, and the brother of Richard Sarafian Jr...
, Damon B. Sarafian, and Richard Sarafian, Jr. Sarafian is also the nephew of Director Robert Altman
Robert Altman
Robert Bernard Altman was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.His films MASH , McCabe and...
. Sarafian is married to Actress Laurie Fortier, with whom he has two children.
Directing filmography
- The Cape (2011) - Television
- FringeFringe (TV series)Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
(2010) - Television - LostLost (TV series)Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
(2006) - Television - House MDHouse (TV series)House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
(2004) - Television - TrappedTrapped-Film:* Trapped , a crime drama short starring Lina Basquette* Trapped , a semidocumentary film noir directed by Richard Fleischer* Trapped , a television film starring James Brolin and Susan Clark...
(2001) - Television - Road RageRoad Rage (film)Road Rage is a 1999 American made-for-TV movie which was a thriller that starred Yasmine Bleeth and Jere Burns. It was first broadcast on NBC on October 3, 1999.-Plot:...
(1999) - Terminal VelocityTerminal Velocity (film)Terminal Velocity is a 1994 action movie starring Charlie Sheen as a daredevil skydiver who becomes mixed up with Russian spies. It was written by David Twohy and directed by Deran Sarafian. Originally, Sheen's role was written for Tom Cruise, although William Baldwin was also considered. The...
(1994) - The Road KillersRoadflowerRoadflower also known as Road Flower or The Road Killers is a 1994 USA thriller/suspense starring ; Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David Arquette alongside familiar faces such as Josh Brolin, Christopher McDonald, John Pyper-Ferguson and the late Adrienne Shelly...
(1994) - Gunmen (1994)
- Back in the USSRBack in the USSR (film)Back in the USSR is a 1992 American thriller film directed by Deran Sarafian and starring Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda and Roman Polanski. The film is set in Moscow during the last years of the Soviet Union, with Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika in full swing...
(1992) - Death WarrantDeath WarrantDeath Warrant is a 1990 action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. The film was written by David S. Goyer while a student at USC, and was Goyer's first screenplay to be sold and produced commercially.-Plot summary:...
(1990) - To Die ForTo Die For (1989 film)To Die For is a 1989 horror-romance film directed by Deran Sarafian. The film stars Brendan Hughes as vampire Vlad Tsepsh along with Duane Jones , Philip Granger, Julie Maddalena, and Amanda Wyss.-Plot:Forbidden passion, unquenchable vengeance, and the kiss of darkness all play a deadly role in this...
(1989) - InterzoneInterzone (film)Interzone is a 1987 film set in the near distant, post-apocalyptic future. The supernaturally gifted shaman, Panasonic, hires Swan, a brave wasteland mercenary, to fight against a terrifying gang of aggressive raiders in order to preserve and protect a rumored mysteriously disclosed and unbeknown...
(1987) - The FallingThe FallingThe Falling is a 1987 movie starring Dennis Christopher, Martin Hewitt, and Lynn-Holly Johnson. It is currently available for instant streaming on Netflix...
(1985)
Selected acting filmography
- Gunmen (1994) as the Bishop
- Zombi 3Zombi 3Zombi 3 is the 1988 followup to Zombi 2, itself an unofficial sequel to 1978's Dawn of the Dead . Beyond its title, Zombi 3 has little to no relation with the characters or plotlines of Zombi, Zombi 2 or in fact any subsequent Zombi' films...
(1988) as Ken - Interzone (1987)
- 10 to Midnight10 to Midnight10 to Midnight is an action-crime-thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay originally written by William Roberts. The film stars Charles Bronson in the lead role with a supporting cast that includes Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, and Wilford Brimley...
(1983) as Dale Anders